+ Save The Date: The 2014 MTV Video Music Awards are going back to Cali. The event will take place at the Forum in Inglewood on Aug. 24. (MTV News)

+ One Direction sneakers... Yes, they exist, AND YES, you could win some. The lads tweeted that for the next five weeks, they'll be giving away a pair of the brightly colored kicks to five lucky people who subscribe to their newsletter. (MTV Style)

+ Nas confirmed that he's cutting a new album, and it's been in the works for a while. "I started working with [Timbaland], I want to say a year and a half ago," he told NPR. The rapper also recently linked up with No I.D. and Swizz Beatz for the new effort. (MTV News)